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US Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class and Seabee (retired) Leon Clifton of Mt. Zion, Ill., is bundled up against the morning chill as he attends the Veterans Day at the National World War II Memorial event . (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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A World War II veteran wipes his eyes during speeches at the Veterans Day at the National World War II Memorial event in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Valencia Adams, of Bowie, Md., wipes tears from her eyes after getting a pencil rubbing of the name of her father Army Pvt. Phillip C. Adams who was killed in Vietnam on May 5, 1970 after being in country for 6 months, as she visits the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during Veteran's Day weekend in Washington, D.C. Her son is retiring soon from the military after tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Veterans and current service members walks along past the names on the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during Veteran's Day weekend in Washington, D.C. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Boy Scout Brayton Tetz, 11, of Herndon, Va., (left) passes out US flags and POW-MIA flags to veterans and others as they arrive for an event at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during Veteran's Day weekend. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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A pair of combat boots lat the the foot of one of the wall panels of names at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during Veteran's Day weekend. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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People point to names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, in Washington. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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A man walks past the World War II Memorial following the Veterans Day at the National World War II Memorial event in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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A wreath stands at the entrance of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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United States Marine Captain Wesley S. Jagoe salutes during the playing of the National Anthem above a row of wheel chairs used to assist a group of World War II veterans as they arrive for the Veterans Day at the National World War II Memorial event. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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World War II veterans arrive and take their seats as the sun rises during the Veterans Day at the National World War II Memorial. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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The shadow of a man moves across the entrance as he arrives at the Veterans Day at the National World War II Memorial. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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World War II veterans arrive as the sun rises during the Veterans Day at the National World War II Memorial event in Washington, D.C. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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A woman and child in Bujanovac pass by a tourist agency’s advertisement for travel to Western destinations. Asylum seekers in Western Europe have increased tenfold since 2009, when visa-free travel from the Balkans was approved. Many EU officials consider the asylum requests a form of fraud in which the asylum seekers travel to an EU country, knowing their request will be denied, in order to receive benefits while there. (Associated Press)

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US Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class and Seabee (retired) Leon Clifton of Mt. Zion, Ill., is bundled up against the morning chill as he attends the Veterans Day at the National World War II Memorial event in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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An elderly and disabled Syrian man who fled from the violence in his village prays Nov. 10, 2012, in front of his tent at a displaced persons camp in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border. (Associated Press)